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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122652-new%20members/topic/New%20person%2C%20looking%20for%20mentor/near/168761789" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Robert Jacobson <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122652-new-members/topic/New.20person.2C.20looking.20for.20mentor.html#168761789">(Jun 22 2019 at 19:10)</a>:</h4>
<p>Hi, I introduced myself on the internals discussion board: <a href="https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/interested-in-contributing-looking-for-a-mentor/10447/2" target="_blank" title="https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/interested-in-contributing-looking-for-a-mentor/10447/2">https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/interested-in-contributing-looking-for-a-mentor/10447/2</a>. I’m looking for a mentor who could help me gear up in my involvement.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122652-new%20members/topic/New%20person%2C%20looking%20for%20mentor/near/168767310" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> centril <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122652-new-members/topic/New.20person.2C.20looking.20for.20mentor.html#168767310">(Jun 22 2019 at 22:14)</a>:</h4>
<p>Hey Robert; what sort of areas would you like to be involved in?</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122652-new%20members/topic/New%20person%2C%20looking%20for%20mentor/near/168779336" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Robert Jacobson <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122652-new-members/topic/New.20person.2C.20looking.20for.20mentor.html#168779336">(Jun 23 2019 at 05:22)</a>:</h4>
<p>I’d like to work on the compiler, as it has the highest density of problem domains that interest me (which are those domains I listed on the internals forum). Are there tasks that I can do that would also allow me to get familiar with the rustc code base and development process? I would like to eventually work up to the point of being able to participate in conversations about the type system, type/lifetime inference and other semantic analysis issues, and the algorithm design that services those aspects of the compiler. But right now I think I am at the software engineering equivalent of, “sweep the floors,” rather than, “design the building,” by which I mean I don’t know enough to be of use in major infrastructure conversations yet.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122652-new%20members/topic/New%20person%2C%20looking%20for%20mentor/near/168781159" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Zoxc <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122652-new-members/topic/New.20person.2C.20looking.20for.20mentor.html#168781159">(Jun 23 2019 at 06:27)</a>:</h4>
<p>There's some stuff happening with const evaluation and MIR optimization now, probably not the easiest to start out with.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122652-new%20members/topic/New%20person%2C%20looking%20for%20mentor/near/168784662" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> centril <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122652-new-members/topic/New.20person.2C.20looking.20for.20mentor.html#168784662">(Jun 23 2019 at 08:28)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention" data-user-id="226268">@Robert Jacobson</span> Here are some things you might be interested in looking at:</p>
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<p><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/54503" target="_blank" title="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/54503">https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/54503</a></p>
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<p>If you want to help out with the trait system there's <a class="stream" data-stream-id="144729" href="/#narrow/stream/144729-wg-traits">#wg-traits</a> </p>
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<p>For lifetime related stuff there's <a class="stream" data-stream-id="186049" href="/#narrow/stream/186049-t-compiler.2Fwg-polonius">#t-compiler/wg-polonius</a></p>
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<p>If you want to help out with documentation there's <a class="stream" data-stream-id="196385" href="/#narrow/stream/196385-t-compiler.2Fwg-learning">#t-compiler/wg-learning</a> </p>
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<p>etc.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122652-new%20members/topic/New%20person%2C%20looking%20for%20mentor/near/168784724" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> centril <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122652-new-members/topic/New.20person.2C.20looking.20for.20mentor.html#168784724">(Jun 23 2019 at 08:29)</a>:</h4>
<p>There are also an assortment of bugs and cleanup tasks in the compiler if you want to do those ^^</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122652-new%20members/topic/New%20person%2C%20looking%20for%20mentor/near/168815790" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Robert Jacobson <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122652-new-members/topic/New.20person.2C.20looking.20for.20mentor.html#168815790">(Jun 24 2019 at 01:23)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention" data-user-id="126931">@centril</span> Thanks! I will check it out.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122652-new%20members/topic/New%20person%2C%20looking%20for%20mentor/near/168815799" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> centril <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122652-new-members/topic/New.20person.2C.20looking.20for.20mentor.html#168815799">(Jun 24 2019 at 01:23)</a>:</h4>
<p><span aria-label="slight smile" class="emoji emoji-1f642" role="img" title="slight smile">:slight_smile:</span></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122652-new%20members/topic/New%20person%2C%20looking%20for%20mentor/near/170693944" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Frank Danny <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122652-new-members/topic/New.20person.2C.20looking.20for.20mentor.html#170693944">(Jul 12 2019 at 04:40)</a>:</h4>
<p>Hello i need an e-mentor please i am new to open source contribution</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122652-new%20members/topic/New%20person%2C%20looking%20for%20mentor/near/170694124" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Frank Danny <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122652-new-members/topic/New.20person.2C.20looking.20for.20mentor.html#170694124">(Jul 12 2019 at 04:43)</a>:</h4>
<p>Can anyone please suggest a beginner roadmapShoud I start with documentation and testing or should i simply jump to development?</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122652-new%20members/topic/New%20person%2C%20looking%20for%20mentor/near/170694222" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Frank Danny <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122652-new-members/topic/New.20person.2C.20looking.20for.20mentor.html#170694222">(Jul 12 2019 at 04:45)</a>:</h4>
<p>Which  area should i familliarize<br>
 myself first?</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122652-new%20members/topic/New%20person%2C%20looking%20for%20mentor/near/172446634" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Ryan Lagasse <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122652-new-members/topic/New.20person.2C.20looking.20for.20mentor.html#172446634">(Aug 04 2019 at 11:53)</a>:</h4>
<p>Hi! I'm new to Rust. What really excites me about the language is its applications to embedded systems as an alternative to C / C++.</p>
<p>I'd like to get started with some basic contributions: documentation, testing, first timers' pull-requests, etc.<br>
This will be my first time really interacting with an open-source community, so I want to learn the right way.</p>
<p>After I get comfortable, I'd really like to help out on the embedded side of things.<br>
If someone could refer me to a mentor in that area, that'd be awesome!</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122652-new%20members/topic/New%20person%2C%20looking%20for%20mentor/near/172446680" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Ryan Lagasse <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122652-new-members/topic/New.20person.2C.20looking.20for.20mentor.html#172446680">(Aug 04 2019 at 11:54)</a>:</h4>
<p>Status Update: Starting to work on my first issue. Learned about the <code>E-easy</code> tag.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122652-new%20members/topic/New%20person%2C%20looking%20for%20mentor/near/172447083" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> simulacrum <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122652-new-members/topic/New.20person.2C.20looking.20for.20mentor.html#172447083">(Aug 04 2019 at 12:06)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention" data-user-id="233715">@Ryan Lagasse</span> I would reach out to the embedded working group about embedded, <a href="https://github.com/rust-embedded/wg" target="_blank" title="https://github.com/rust-embedded/wg">https://github.com/rust-embedded/wg</a> is a good place I think right now to find some docs. Let us know if you need any help!</p>



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<p>Okay! I'll look into it!</p>



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